Arthur S. Alexion on Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:50:07 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] evolution/devolution


On Wednesday 13 November 2002 10:28 am, Jon Nelson wrote:
> Arthur S. Alexion said:
> > On Tuesday 12 November 2002 09:30 pm, jeff wrote:
> >
> > a "user friendly"(TM) script called "red carpet" (TM) decides that
> > it
>
> I know the old addage, "Once bitten, twice shy.", kinda of applies
> here but have you tried up2date?  It's a Redhatish version of
> apt-get.  I don't think it comes with 7.2 but here is a link that
> tells you how to get it:
>
> http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.2-Manual/custom-guide/
>rhnetwork.html
>
> It has helped me through some tough installs with a multitude of
> dependancies.  I have even used it to upgade my kernel.  It hasn't
> broken anything _yet_.

Jon,

That is exactly what I did.  (up2date does come with RH 7.2)  
Unfortunately, Red Carpet(TM) broke up2date, replacing it with 
up2date-gnome

<spilled milk>I should have backed up first</spilled milk>
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